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Nikšić Никшић |
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| Coordinates: 42°46′48″N 18°56′24″E / 42.78000°N 18.94000°ECoordinates: 42°46′48″N 18°56′24″E / 42.78000°N 18.94000°E | ||
| Country | Montenegro | |
| Founded | 4th century as Anderba and 5th century as Anagastum | |
| Settlements | 110 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Veselin Grbović | |
| • Ruling party | DPS-SDP-LP | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,065 km2 (797 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 56,970 | |
| • Density | 37/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| • Municipality | 72,443 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 81400 | |
| Area code | +382 40 | |
| Car plates | NK | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | ME-12 | |
| Website | niksic.me | |
Nikšić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Никшић, pronounced [nîkʃit͡ɕ]) is the second largest city of Montenegro, with a total population of 57,278, located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Mount Trebjesa. It is the center of Nikšić Municipality (Population of 75,282), which is the largest municipality by area and second most inhabited after Podgorica. It is an important industrial, cultural, and educational center.
The Romans built a military camp (castrum Anderba) in the 4th century AD, which was known as Ostrogothic fortress Anagastum (after 459. AD) possibly on an earlier Illyrian tribal settlement. Slavs settled in the area in the 6th and 7th century. The Roman name was transformed into Slavic Onogošt, which was the name of the town and župa (county) throughout the Middle Ages. During the Early Middle Ages, it was located within the South Slavic (Sklavenoi) tribal provinces of Travunia or Duklja (which were under the authority of the Serbian Principality of the Vlastimirović dynasty). With the fall of the Vlastimirovići and the hinterland regions in the second half of the 10th century, Serbia was resurrected with Stefan Vojislav and his Vojislavljević dynasty, succeeded by Stefan Nemanja and his Nemanjić dynasty, at which time the Onogošt župa existed. With the fall of the Serbian Empire, Onogošt came under the rule of Kingdom of Bosnia in 1373, and was under the rule of the Kosača noble family, which held territory in Herzegovina from 1448 until Herzegovina fell to the Ottomans.
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